keep away
Britishverb
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to refrain or prevent from coming (near)
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to stop using, touching, etc
Example Sentences
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The agency has urged islanders to keep away from the carcass because of the risk of infection but has not yet detailed when it intends to move the animal.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
There is no such thing as zero risk, and it may be advisable to keep away from pistes beneath mountainsides covered with powdery-looking snow.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Sheriff’s Department to keep away the boo birds who now track their every move.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
“It’s usually in museums and art galleries . . . so that limits things. I keep away from them. And Harrods I don’t go near.”
From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024
There could be no more doubt that this was more of Bear’s dangerous business, from which he had warned me to keep away.
From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi
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